Well, the weather is fine! Should suit Rovers down to the ground this game. Pressure is on Burnley. Think these players will stick up for themselves unlike some of the softer lads we've had over the last few years - Hyam better man-up today. Bit of a scratch team but I think I would go with JRC in the middle for a bit of shithousery. Pears Brittain Hyam Baath Beck JRC Tronstadt Hedges Dolan Cantwell Leonard. Toss up between JRC starting centrally and dropping Baker - or keep Baker in and drop Dolan with JRC at rb and Brittain further up. *JRC has been a bit off it this season but I always feel you benefit from a couple of home grown lads in a derby. COYB 💪🏻

Have we sold out now? Anyone know the final total (ish)?

That was my immediate thought. No money, so don't let anyone go. Been there before.

If Cantwell is recovering from illness. You'd really expect him to at least be on the bench by Saturday.

A player of his age shouldn't be content to play second fiddle, that would be a concern in itself. Baker seemed to be a Eustace pick. I can't see what he brings but if Eustace rates him, fair enough. A Stoke fan I know wasn't bothered about him leaving. "Doesn't really impact games but may pop up with the odd goal." Seems a fair assessment from what I've seen so far. A bit like Weimann. Doesn't seem involved in much but can sniff out a goal. Agree about Sigurdsson, Buckley and Dolan. Any offers and they should be gone.

A good window is needed - no excuses. Two loan slots available and at least 1 permanent signing required. Defence: Needs cover 1x left back who can also cover centrally. Midfield: Midfield looks very thin when Travis or Tronstadt not available. JRC may be the only other option in there. Need rid of Buckley and I'm not overly enamoured with Baker - not sure what he actually brings. He's not out and out bad - reminds me a bit of Elliott Bennet. He's a player soon out of contract. If Eustace really wants him, surely a minimal fee could be negotiated to free up another loan place? Top end: Where do we start? Ohashi & Gueye both offer something - but neither really has enough all round to be starting games. In an ideal world those 2 are our bench options. Leonard probably needs a loan. What's happening with Tyjon's development? A better quality striker is a must. We still haven't sorted the wide positions either. ACD has shown flashes. He seems to be a yard short of that top level pace. Close control and turning ability exceptional - but gets caught on the ball a lot. Only young so may well improve...or may well turn out to be another Markanday/Dolan type. Hedges/Dolan/JRC don't really offer much out wide in an attacking sense. We still lack pace to play effectively on the break. A wide player is definitely needed. Ideal window for me then: Centre forward winger left back/cb cover Possibly a midfielder - personally I'd let Baker go.

We seem to be a bit of a streaky side. Win a few, lose a few. Regardless of the Dingle result, we will come out the festive period still in the play off race. Having played some of the top teams. Whether we stay in the race will be purely due to recruitment. Any additional players could do with arriving sooner rather than later in the window.

Great point in the end. Should boost the confidence levels for Sat.

Scruffy half. Defended well overall but as we know there is nothing going forward. If Leeds score it's game over.

5 min injury time wtf

Stupid yellow from Baker. Don't rate him at all.

Pears has reverted to type last couple of games.

Has Weiman touched the ball?

Pears needs better studs. Shit corner from Baker.

Jury has always been out on Dolan for me. Always industrious but lacks that 'football intelligence' in the final third. As a result he scores fewer and creates less than he should. Both last season and this were expected to be his 'breakout' season where he suddenly scores 10 goals plus. He doesn't look like achieving that consistently-even going forwards. Like Brereton though, at some stage in his career, he will no doubt have a one off purple patch. No idea how much he wants (and Rovers will be offering the bare minimum) so can't hold that against him. He's always come across as a reasonably humble lad though. Unlike some, his injury record is also good. IMO, In our squad, he should on parity with the like of Brittain/Hyam. He's an up and down Championship player who certainly hasn't shown enough to step up a league in the future but can be very useful on his day. Am I bothered if he goes? I'd much rather lose the like of Hedges, Sigurdsson, Gueye before Dolan. However, if he won't resign and leaves for another British club, it wouldn't be the end of the world. We'd get a chunk of compensation for a player who cost us nothing and he should go with our best wishes. If he went abroad for free, that would feel more frustrating. As per usual, the club haven't been very transparent regarding negotiations. Taking Broughton's brief tenure out of the equation, history suggests Waggot's the best part of useless at agreeing contract extensions so Dolan going is the most likely outcome!

That's good. Gives him a month to settle in, then he can start working on transfers🤔

Not really heard if him...if true, let's hope he's as good as our last Kiwi centre back

Yup. It happens time and ime again. Wouldn't it be nice to buck the trend once and a while though.

No they won't be any different. Venky curse continues. As an aside: Gueye cannot be starting games. Sub appearances only. Bakers loan needs terminating.

Most predictable result ever.

That was a hard watch. A few let offs giving the ball away. Pears looks Pearsy. Not much going forward. Baker an absolute passenger here.

Crap this.

Thought Leonard competed very well against a big WBA team at the beginning of last season. Scored and was getting in behind their defence a lot in the second half. He clearly has enough about his game to lead the line if need be. Big game tomorrow. Rovers, of the last ten years, would lose it. Will this team be different... A win makes Leeds a free hit. Draw or lose and we are looking at potentially only taking 1/2 pts from 15 over Christmas. Seriously knackering our chances of hanging around the top 6. We need a minimum of 4 pts from the next 3 games. The Millwall defeat is the one that has cost us the most.

Agree with that. We didn't get in their half once they equalised. Gueye came on put himself about, won some headers and helped us get up the pitch. Thought we were far too narrow today. There was no outlet out wide. Baath, Brittain and I have to say Pears were very good. Don't rate Hyam. Hedges and Cantwell were innefective today. Where was Hedges for their 2 goals? Poor game from Tronstadt too. Dolan decent first half, garbage the second. Great to see Leonard scoring. Should do his confidence a world of good. Real shame that Beck's dribble into the box in the last couple of mins didn't result in more. Would have taken a point before hand so can't be too negative about it..but we were so comfortable first half. The big test for this Rovers team is taking the 3 against Hull. Win that and Leeds/Burnley are a free hit.

Twice in 2 games we've come up against good wingers. It would lovely to have a couple of our own.